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词条 Jenkinjones, West Virginia
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Jenkinjones is an unincorporated community and coal town in McDowell County, West Virginia, United States. It lies on the western flanks of Stone Ridge near the border with Tazewell County, Virginia.

It is the location of the Pocahontas Fuel Company Store and Office Buildings which were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.[2] Its post office [3] was established on October 15, 1912.[4] During the years of 1961-1975 it is documented that 8,290,780 tons of coal were mined by the Pocahontas Fuel Co Inc. at Jenkinjones.[5]

History

Jenkinjones was named in 1912[6] for Jenkin B. Jones (1841-1916) who was born in Glynneath, Wales.[7]

References

1. ^{{gnis|1554801}}
2. ^{{NRISref|version=2010a}}
3. ^{{gnis|1689246|Jenkinjones WV post office}}
4. ^http://webpmt.usps.gov/pmt015.cfm{{dead link|date=April 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
5. ^http://www.wvminesafety.org/hist_tonnage.htm
6. ^{{cite book|last=Kenny|first=Hamill|title=West Virginia Place Names: Their Origin and Meaning, Including the Nomenclature of the Streams and Mountains|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015009099824;view=1up;seq=362;size=125|year=1945|publisher=The Place Name Press|location=Piedmont, WV|page=334}}
7. ^{{cite book |title= Welsh Americans, A History of Assimilation in the Coalfields|last= Lewis |first= Ronald |authorlink= |year= 2008|publisher= University of North Carolina Press|location= |ISBN= 9780807832202|pages= 74–75 }}

External links

  • Description Of Jenkinjones as a Coal Town
  • The founder of Jenkinjones WV, Family History
{{wide image|Jenkinjones, West Virginia (2014).jpg|1000px|alt=Jenkinjones in 2014|Jenkinjones in 2014}}{{McDowell County, West Virginia}}{{McDowellCountyWV-geo-stub}}

3 : Unincorporated communities in McDowell County, West Virginia|Unincorporated communities in West Virginia|Coal towns in West Virginia

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